carputer installed! 56k kill yourselves.

UnsanePyro · Post by **UnsanePyro** » May 11, 2006

Looking good man, I've got one set up in my 1G TL too

memphis240drift · Post by **memphis240drift** » May 11, 2006

much love and respect for this setup. sounds fucking amazing

Post by **Nikku** » May 11, 2006

ok so i am lost......what SOFTWARE are you running on the computer? did you have to hack the windows registry at all?

memphis240drift · Post by **memphis240drift** » May 11, 2006

haha HACKER. im not positive, but i think you use the same type of navi software that would come with any nav system you could use on a flipout or regular screen. idk why you'd have to hack the windows at all, if anything i think it would just help better support the software

Post by **Nikku** » May 11, 2006

memphis240drift wrote:haha HACKER. im not positive, but i think you use the same type of navi software that would come with any nav system you could use on a flipout or regular screen. idk why you'd have to hack the windows at all, if anything i think it would just help better support the software

then whats the point of running windows? and why would you run windows if all you are gonna do is run that music software? i would be watchin pron like all the time and getting in mad accidents

memphis240drift · Post by **memphis240drift** » May 11, 2006

hahaha i think many would do the same

Post by **Nikku** » May 11, 2006

memphis240drift wrote:hahaha i think many would do the same

so back to my question, what software besides windows was installed? what mods did you have to do to windows to make it work?

IN2deep · Post by **IN2deep** » May 11, 2006

if this has been covered sorry i must have missed it, i can hanlde the tech side of the computer but my question is whit the "kit" that the screen went into? did u custom build it for your car or did u buy a plastiv kit for your car then fit the screen to it? what did u do to mold the screen into the kit ?
thanks

im not a big mac fan but here is where a mac mini would be handy

robry · Post by **robry** » May 11, 2006

IN2deep wrote:if this has been covered sorry i must have missed it, i can hanlde the tech side of the computer but my question is whit the "kit" that the screen went into? did u custom build it for your car or did u buy a plastiv kit for your car then fit the screen to it? what did u do to mold the screen into the kit ?
thanks

im not a big mac fan but here is where a mac mini would be handy

I took the RSX Metra aftermarket dash kit and took the LCD apart. I used the front part of the LCD screen and cut the metra dash kit and epoxied them together. Then I bondo'd and sanded and bondo'd and sanded, then painted. It came out pretty good I guess.

this is in testing stage, before I disassembled it.

this is once I modded it into the dash kit:

here is what the dash kit looks like before I cut it :

for software, I am using:

XP Pro
Roadrunner + LSx skin w/ acura symbol
iGuidance 2.1.3
xport3 (com port sharing program)
daemontools
winamp 2.95
netstumbler

the powersupply sends the PC a 'power button' push signal. It basically shorts the power button for a second, it'd be just like you hitting your PC's power button. The PC itself then decides what to do, based on the settings in Windows/BIOS you set. I have mine setup to hibernate. Basically it saves whats in windows ram, to a file, then shuts off. The whole process takes about 8 seconds power off/on.

for those interested in cost, I have a cost tally going here:

Post by **Nikku** » May 11, 2006

robry wrote:
IN2deep wrote:if this has been covered sorry i must have missed it, i can hanlde the tech side of the computer but my question is whit the "kit" that the screen went into? did u custom build it for your car or did u buy a plastiv kit for your car then fit the screen to it? what did u do to mold the screen into the kit ?
thanks

im not a big mac fan but here is where a mac mini would be handy
I took the RSX Metra aftermarket dash kit and took the LCD apart. I used the front part of the LCD screen and cut the metra dash kit and epoxied them together. Then I bondo'd and sanded and bondo'd and sanded, then painted. It came out pretty good I guess.

this is in testing stage, before I disassembled it. this is once I modded it into the dash kit: here is what the dash kit looks like before I cut it : for software, I am using:

XP Pro
Roadrunner + LSx skin w/ acura symbol
iGuidance 2.1.3
xport3 (com port sharing program)
daemontools
winamp 2.95
netstumbler

the powersupply sends the PC a 'power button' push signal. It basically shorts the power button for a second, it'd be just like you hitting your PC's power button. The PC itself then decides what to do, based on the settings in Windows/BIOS you set. I have mine setup to hibernate. Basically it saves whats in windows ram, to a file, then shuts off. The whole process takes about 8 seconds power off/on.

for those interested in cost, I have a cost tally going here:

so are the programs that you have installed there the only programs that windows runs? did you set them to load at startup? did you have to create startup items for them? did you have to tweak the registry?